Tag: Pakistani
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ZN ALI’s clothing feels like a well-preserved, traveling time capsule. The colors are deep, and the silhouettes are defined, characteristic of the garb of an unpartitioned India. From dressing artists like Riz Ahmed to designing costumes for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, ZN ALI taps into emotions relatable across borders, identities, and histories. He tells GUAP about his process and inspirations: GUAP:…
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In our bustling world of visuals, printmaking serves as an origin story and sacred practice. 15th-century printmaking transfers images from a matrix onto a surface like fabric or paper through woodcutting, etching, engraving, lithography, and, more recently, adopted screenprinting. Asking artists to create one piece of artwork using printmaking, curators Adeel uz Zafar and Studio R.M. showcases…
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Pakistani pop culture took the world by storm in 2022. From the year’s most googled song, Pasoori, to a new MCU Pakistani superhero in Ms. Marvel, Pakistanis created inspired by the forgotten love and longing embedded in India and Pakistan’s Partition. Unlike my grandparents or parent’s generation, who remember the split with loss and hostility,…